Finding Aid for the Devra Weber Papers 1960s-1970s. No online items

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1 No online items Processed by CSRC. Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library 144 Haines Hall Box Los Angeles, CA Phone: (310) Fax: (310) URL: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 61 1

2 Descriptive Summary Title: Devra Weber Papers Date (inclusive): Collection number: 61 Creator: Weber, Devra Extent: Approx. 5 linear feet Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA Los Angeles, California Abstract: The collection consists of newspapers, correspondence, flyers, and magazines collected by Devra Weber from the 1960's to the 1970's. The material primarily pertains to the Chicano Moratorium, Ruben Salazar, the Labor Movement, the Chicana/o Movement, women's issues, education, prisons, and politics of the period. **Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at Physical location: The collection is stored off-site at the UCLA Southern Regional Library Facility. Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Spanish Access For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Publication Rights For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Devra Weber Papers, 61, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles. Biography Devra Weber is currently an Associate Professor in the History Department for the University of California, Riverside. She teaches the history of U.S. frontiers, U.S. labor history, oral history, and the history of California. Weber began her academic career at the University of Wisconsin and eventually earned her Masters degree and PhD at UCLA. Her topics of interest and research include United States West and United States labor history, with an emphasis on Mexican women, Mexicano/Chicano workers and immigration, and oral history. Weber has published numerous articles and books, including "Dark Sweet, White God: California Cotton" and "Farmworkers and the New Deal." Furthermore, Weber has worked in documentary films and as a photographer, while remaining an active member of the Los Angeles community. She has served as a member of the board of One Stop Immigration and Education Center, the Los Angeles Museum of Art, History and Culture, and is currently a member of the board of the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles. She is also an advisor of the Frente Indigena Oaxquena Binacional (Binational Indigenous Front of Oaxaca). Scope and Content The collection consists of five linear feet of newspapers, correspondence, flyers, and magazines collected by Devra Weber from the 1960's to the 1970's. The material primarily pertains to the Chicano Moratorium, Ruben Salazar, the Labor Movement, the Chicano/a Movement, women's issues, education, prisons, and politics of the period. **Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers. 61 2

3 Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the archivist at Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Chicano and Chicana Movement Chicano art Chicano literature Chicano Moratorium Chicano politics Chicanos - Mexican Americans Emigration and immigration Farm Workers Mexican Americans - Education Prisons Ruben Salazar Small Presses Women - Social conditions Box 1, Folder 1 Devra Weber Papers 1970 Original newspapers removed from box 2, folder 8 Box 1, Folder 2 Devra Weber Papers 1970 The Original newspapers removed from box 2, folder 9 Box 1, Folder 3 Devra Weber Papers The People's World articles Originals removed from box 3, folder 11 Box 1, Folder 4 Devra Weber Papers 1969 The Movement Newspaper articles Originals removed from box 3, folder

4 Box 1, Folder 5 Devra Weber Papers ND Misc. flyers Movement flyers and documents Original posters removed from box 5, folder 4 Box 1, Folder 6 Devra Weber Papers 1970 The Militant Vol. 34, No. 34 Friday, Sept. 18, 1970 Original newspaper removed from box 3, folder 10 Box 2, Folder 1 Devra Weber Papers Education, original clippings Box 2, Folder 2 Devra Weber Papers Education copies Box 2, Folder 3 Devra Weber Papers Chicanos at UCLA, originals Box 2, Folder 4 Devra Weber Papers Chicanos at UCLA, copies Box 2, Folder 5 Devra Weber Papers 1970 Box 2, Folder 6 Devra Weber Papers 1970, copies 61 4

5 Box 2, Folder 7 Devra Weber Papers 1970, copies Box 2, Folder 8 Devra Weber Papers 1970 Removed: complete newspapers moved to box 1, folder 1 Box 2, Folder 9 Devra Weber Papers 1970 Removed: whole newspapers moved to box 1, folder 2. Box 2, Folder 10 Devra Weber Papers [1970], copies Box 2, Folder 11 Devra Weber Papers 1971 Box 2, Folder 12 Devra Weber Papers 1971, copies Box 2, Folder 13 Devra Weber Papers 1971 Box 2, Folder 14 Devra Weber Papers 1971 Chicano MOratorium and Ruben Salazar, copies 61 5

6 Box 2, Folder 15 Devra Weber Papers 1971 Box 2, Folder 16 Devra Weber Papers 1971, copies Box 2, Folder 17 Devra Weber Papers 1970 Box 2, Folder 18 Devra Weber Papers 1970, copies Box 2, Folder 19 Devra Weber Papers 1970 Box 2, Folder 20 Devra Weber Papers 1970, copies Box 2, Folder 21 Devra Weber Papers 1971 Box 2, Folder 22 Devra Weber Papers 1970, copies 61 6

7 Box 3, Folder 1 Devra Weber Papers 1971 "Senate Unit Hears Economic Problems of East L.A." By Jack Jones L.A. Times April 2, photocopy Box 3, Folder 2 Devra Weber Papers 1971 "Chicanos' 3-month March to Capital Reaches Salton Sea" By Jack Jones May 13, 1971 L.A. Times +photocopy Box 3, Folder 3 Devra Weber Papers 1971 "Protestors Pass Through L.A. in March" By Frank Del Olmo L.A. Times June 16, photocopy Box 3, Folder 4 Devra Weber Papers 1971 "Still Going" L.A. Times July 15, photocopy Box 3, Folder 5 Devra Weber Papers 1971 Four L.A. Times articles 61 7

8 Box 3, Folder 6 Devra Weber Papers 1971 "Three Killed in Two Days as Violence Erupts on East Side" By John Kendall L.A. Times June 1, photocopy Box 3, Folder 7 Devra Weber Papers Six L.A. Times articles By Ruben Salazar Newsweek Magazine Setp. 4, 1970 Box 3, Folder 8 Devra Weber Papers ND National Chicano Moratorium Committee Pamplets Flyers Correspondence Box 3, Folder 9 Devra Weber Papers 1977 The Guardian articles March 1977 Box 3, Folder 10 Devra Weber Papers 1970 The Militant Vol. 34, No. 34 Friday, Sept. 18, photocopy of cover Removed: whole newspaper moved to box 1, folder

9 Box 3, Folder 11 Devra Weber Papers The People's World articles Removed: whole newspapers moved to box 1, folder 3 Box 3, Folder 12 Devra Weber Papers 1969 The MOvement Newspaper articles (1969) Removed: whole newspapers moved to box 1, folder 4 Box 3, Folder 13 Devra Weber Papers Art and media articles Box 3, Folder 14 Devra Weber Papers Biltmore incident, Richardo Chavez-Oritz?, Juan Corona Box 3, Folder 15 Devra Weber Papers Chicano Liberation Front articles Box 3, Folder 16 Devra Weber Papers Political articles (Raza Unida, etc) 61 9

10 Box 3, Folder 17 Devra Weber Papers Prison articles Box 3, Folder 18 Devra Weber Papers Police and Raza articles Box 3, Folder 19 Devra Weber Papers Reappointment articles Box 4, Folder 1 Devra Weber Papers Ramparts Magazine (4) Vol. 9, No. 4 Oct Vol. 8, No. 4 Oct Vol. 9, No. 3 Sept Vol. 8, No. 5 Nov Box 4, Folder 2 Devra Weber Papers 1973 Toltecas en Aztlan Publications (9) Box 4, Folder 3 Devra Weber Papers Misc. Publications (1 of 2) El Teatro Chicano de E.L.A. Accion Chicano: Un Programa de la Comunidad La Federacion, Comite de Tierras 61 10

11 Box 4, Folder 4 Devra Weber Papers Misc. Publications (2 of 2) La Causa Publications, 1974 Catalog Venceremos College Catalog and Schedule Fall Quarter 1970 Venceremos College de Aztlan The Episcopalian Vol. 135, No. 2, Feb Box 5, Folder 1 Devra Weber Papers Chicano Media and Mexican Teatro Los Mascarones Box 5, Folder 2 Devra Weber Papers Chicano Media and Mexican Teatro Chicano and the media Articles from Variety Magazine Correspondence to Twentieth Century FOX, ABC, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Box 5, Folder 3 Devra Weber Papers Misc. Documents Misc. articles The Nation Tricontinental California State Advisory Committee The New Mexico Review National Laywers Guild New Yorker Atlantic Monthly Box 5, Folder 4 Devra Weber Papers Misc. flyers Movements flyers and documents Removed: Over-sized posters moved to box 1, folder

12 Box 5, Folder 5 Devra Weber Papers Chicana Movement Photocopies of misc. articles 1 of 3 Box 5, Folder 6 Devra Weber Papers Chicana Movement Photocopies of misc. articles 2 of 3 Box 5, Folder 7 Devra Weber Papers Chicana Movement Photocopies of misc. articles 3 of